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>> if they are put off by a tattoo, then they were going to be put off by something else that i probably said or did a little bit later. it just kind of weeds them out. >> yeah, dude, i think we did it. i think its where i needed to be. as long as youre happy with it. >> yeah. >> all right. >> once you start nearing the end of your tattooing and you realize that its going to be over, people start thinking of other tattoos to get. like i said, this crossed my mind. but i dont see that happening. ...

Rite of passage. it was just like, ah, like it was supposed to have been done. >> at 61, a guy like bruce potts is clearly not an impulsive adolescent. hes not in the circus, though he probably could be. how could he have gotten so consumed by a tattoos that hed let it foe to such an extreme? like the tattoos themselves, his explanation is colorful. >> i had this done in a past life. maybe i was polynesian, because this is what i was, you know, attracted to. my designs are macacian, fijian, samo...

Area attractions like the albuquerque aquarium where he may or may not have adjusted his age to get a discount on admission. >> hi, im over 65. advantages of getting old. >> looking the way he does, bruce commands nearly as much attention as the fish. >> the little ones, like the 3 year olds and 2-year-olds, they just look at me. >> i really like the colors. theyre very bright, powerful colors. >> thank you. thank you so much, tiger. >> strangers approach him often to strike up conversations. >>...

They can get that final tattoo that somehow gives them some peace with themselves. but for a lot, its a never-ending process. and if they dont come to some self-realization or some self-peace, then they have to move on. and from tattooing, you go on to branding and from branding you go on to putting implants in your skull and in your skin, and then from there it can really start to escalate into uncontrollable body modification. >> in fact, meg is planning to take her modification further. today...

Prison. >> right here its just a lot of ink that they use for tattooing. and thats a homemade tattoo gun. right here is a hypodermic needle. >> where did you niend? >> in a male inmates cell. you have to be crazy to work here. we come here voluntarily every day. >> the squad must respond like street detectives carrying all the tools necessary to process the crime scene. pelican bay has over 900 violent assaults per year and the squad respond to every one of them. msnbcs cameras were rolling as o...

Theres eleven in the last ten years. eleven convictions for tattooing. which aint bad. >> richard sampson is one of the more prolific tattoo artists at the limon correctional facility in colorado. he shared a handful of his disciplinary write-ups. >> one tattoo motor. belonging to inmate sampson. one radio, one medical syringe with needle. one bottle of ink. tattoo needle. contraband. one spring being altered into a needle for tattoo gun found on desk. which is my desk. alarm clock radio, eight ...

Close range wound. she shows whats called stippling or tattooing, which is when the burned and burning gun powder particles strike the skin surface and create little injuries. what were going to call this is intermediate range. >> she tries to estimate the path of the projectile through the body. >> scalp demonstrates a one quarter inch roughly circular gunshot wound entrance. on the right side. which would again be consistent with the shooter being in the back seat, kind of in the middle. >> an...

Right there. ill do that for five bucks, six, seven bucks, something like that. i could do much better than this. its just people dont want to pay, you know what i mean? so the lowest prices ill give them, ill give them low quality. not that im a [ bleep ] but, you know, you get what you pay for in here. >> but tattooing is strictly against prison rules. >> tattooing is always a big deal at prisons. the inmates use it as a way to make money. it causes us big problems just from the health standpo...

>> apparently another inmate or two went into his cell and put some knots on his head and said dont be giving us anymore needles in here. we seen inman a day or two later, of course, he wont tell what happened or what it was over or anything like that, because thats a convict code. but we know what it was over. i got enough people out there telling me what it was over. >> and now things are about to heat up even more for inman as the disciplinary board takes up his case. >> hes been charged with...

Parole violation. but hes won allies in segregation by carrying out other crimes in prison including some against sex offenders. >> a lot of write-ups, tattooing, theft, unauthorized possession and assault. >> why? >> to fit in. i dont know. >> theft? >> to earn respect. theft. i took someones tv. he was a piece of [ bleep ]. thats crazy. whats that noise? >> yeah, im curious too. >> our interview is cut short as massive amounts of water cascade into the cell block from the second tier. >> they ...